Confession and Repentance | Psalm 51 & Psalm 100 Week 22

We're on page 24 of your notes. If you don't have the notes, I think Ricky went to make some copies. When he comes back in, I'll have you raise your hand to get them. But we're on page 24. We're talking about Psalms chapter 51. If you want to turn over there, Psalms chapter 51. There are so many things in the Psalms that are such a blessing. And uh but I think that Psalms 51 in some ways is one of my favorite Psalms because it it expresses what we need to express when we've sinned, when we've repented, we want to get right with God. David just presents that in a way that just uh comes from the heart.

If you need a page 23 and 24, the notes, raise your hand. You got those, Ricky? If you need the notes, raise your hand. He'll bring them to you. Says you got them. Um but so we looked at this last week and we talked about the fact that um the psalm was written to confess David's sin, probably a sin with Basheba. And uh what we did in this study is we're we're comparing Saul and David. Both kings of Israel. Both of them sinned. One was forgiven and one was not. And and what was the difference? Now when we look at their sin, uh Saul, what he did is just didn't fully obey God. David committed murder, murder and adultery.

Now, if we look at that, we'd say, well, this is the worst sin over here. This is the one that should not be forgiven. But yet, it was Saul's sin that was not forgiven. We tend to want to categorize sin. Now, there are different categories of sin as far as the consequences. And I believe I believe in some ways David paid the greater consequences to his sin, but they're not but in God's sight, sin is sin. And uh in in Saul's case, he did not obey the Lord. And uh their response, Saul justified himself. He blamed others. The people made me do it. He blamed God. I did this for you, the Lord. And he he he did not take responsibility.

Where David, he blamed himself. He said, "I've hurt other people." And uh he repented towards God. Took full responsibility. I did this. Used the personal pronoun uh over and over again in Psalms chapter 51. took that responsibility and and their judgment. Saul uh he lost the kingship. Uh he he no longer had that that kingship right and it was not passed on to his son either. And uh and his sin, this is the second time he'd done the same thing. And God said, "Okay, I'm just done with you. I've had enough." And by the way, sometimes we get away with something. We think, "Well, then it's not that big a deal."

And we do it again. And and then that's when we get the consequences. we get to we have to pay the price for it. And David, he paid a lot of consequences. Um he lost the child that was born to Basheba and he also basically lost all his other children uh because they lost respect for him and uh he was uh take he was out of the kingdom for a while. he was he was uh his son went rebellion against him and he had to fight back for the kingdom and so he paid a lot of consequences in the process and so now we're on uh and and but David accepted his punishment where Saul did not Saul when he was punished he he admitted only to one sin at a time he would not admit to his sin nature uh he got emotional for himself and he was concerned about what others thought whereas David, he admitted his sin nature.

Uh he I was conceived in sin and uh from the moment he's born and he admitted he got emotional for others for the baby and others that had to suffer for his sin. And then he also was not concerned about what people thought. Uh he was concerned about what God thought. The only thing he was concerned about was his testimony. And uh and it was sad that he destroyed his testimony for the Lord. Now we're on number six. there the results then what are the results of what happened for Saul uh go to 1st Samuel put a marker in Psalm 51 and go to 1st Samuel chapter 16 and look at verse number 14 1st Samuel chapter 16 and verse number 14 it says but the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him now one of the things I'm thankful for is that I have the Holy Spirit and God said he will ever leave me.

Uh he is my down payment. He is that uh that presence of God in my life. And as a Christian today, I have the Holy Spirit. But they did not in the Old Testament have the permanent indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Uh that was something that came the spirit came special upon people for for service to God for certain things that they were called to do. And in in Saul's case as king, he was given the spirit of God. But because he rebelled against him, he lost the spirit of God. He it was taken away from him. And um and and then next, if you look at 1st Samuel 15 22, it says that and Saul said unto Samuel, I've sinned for I've transgressed thy commandment of the Lord and thy words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

And then look at verse um that's chapter 15 verse 20. I I read the wrong one there. Let's see. And Samuel said, "Hath the Lord as great delights in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord. Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken the fatter of rams." God said, "I want your obedience more than I want your sacrifices." But yet, what happened is he no longer his sacrifice no longer acceptable to God. Uh look at 1st Samuel chapter 28 and verse number 26. 1st Samuel 28 and verse number 26. Let's see if I got the right passage. Verse number 6. I'm sorry. 1st Samuel 28 and verse number 6.

You know, my grandkids left today, so I'm I I'm all off on everything, so you'll have to excuse that. 1st Samuel 28 and verse number six. It says, "And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams nor bym nor by prophets." He he just lost the the spirit of God. He no longer had a connection. His sacrifices no longer acceptable to God. Uh there was a barrier between him and God. And it was a permanent barrier. Uh he never got right with the Lord and never got back to that place of where his sacrifices were acceptable. And then and then number three, he could no longer serve God.

In 1st Samuel 15 and verse number 28, the Bible says, "And Samuel said unto him, the Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and given it to a neighbor of thine that is better than thou." And then uh verse number 35. Then and Samuel came no more to see Saul on the day of his death, neither nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord repented that he made Saul king over Israel. uh he he he was no longer going to be king. He lost that service. Uh I think for me one of the fears that I have of of falling into sin would be to no longer be be a pastor, no longer be able to serve the Lord in the capacity.

Now I praise God that when God forgives you, you can you can still serve him, but you're you're not eliminated, but you are limited. Now Saul never got to serve God again. He had all these things happen because he never repented. He never got it right with God and he lost all of these things. And number four, there was a permanent barrier with the pastor, with Samuel. And um it it says there that Samuel uh until that Samuel came no more to see Paul until the day of his death. I do not believe that was Samuel's decision as much as it was Saul's. um there was a barrier between him and because Samuel mourned for Saul and uh and and he felt bad for him.

But you know when you got sin here's one of the first indications I got of people not there's some problem in their life when they start avoiding me when you don't want to be in church when you don't want to be around the pastor when you when you start avoiding the pastor that's a good indication there's something going on and uh and that's what happened with Saul. Now, David, he lost the joy of the spirit. Go back to Psalms 51 and look at verses 11 and 12. Psalms 51 11-12. Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me. And again, remember that you and I, we don't have to pray that prayer because God has said that the spirit of God dwelleth in you and is permanent and he's not going to take him away.

We have the permanent indwelling spirit of God. But David did not have that. He didn't want to lose that. And uh and and he asked God, "Don't take your spirit away from me, but restore unto me the joy of thy salvation. Uphold me with thy free spirit." He lost the joy. He lost that free spirit that when when you're right with God, your spirit communicates with his spirit. When you're right with God, the spirit of God is speaking to you. when you're right with God, you can feel the working of God's spirit in your life. And and and David realized that when he sinned, he'd lost that. He said, "I don't want I don't want that to go away.

I I I want to have that with you, Lord." And and so it's so important for us to realize that. And and and so he lost his joy of the spirit. Secondly, his sacrifices were accepted again. Look at Psalms 51:1 19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness with burnt offerings and whole burnt offering. Then shall they offer bulocks upon thine altar. Now that I've repented, once I've gotten right, then I can come back and bring those sacrifices. You know, when you're not right with God and and it's it's not just sin. In in Matthew, it tells us if you have a against your brother or Mark, if your brother have ought against you and you bring your gift to the altar, leave it there and go and get that straightened out.

When there is sin, when there is bitterness, when there's anger or some other thing in your life, you can't bring your sacrifices until you get that right with God. And then your sacrifices are acceptable again. And um and then you got to give be got to give yourself first if you want the sacrifices acceptable. God says I don't want the sacrifices till I have you till I have your obedience. To obey is better than sacrifice. Psalm 51 16-1 17 it says um for thou desire not sacrifice else would I give it. Thou delight not in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, oh God, thou will not despise.

It's not that bringing your sacrifice is wrong, but that's not going to change anything until you get right with God. They're not acceptable. And and so you got to give yourself first. And you got to go give both service and gifts. Psalms 51:1 19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offerings, and whole burnt offerings. Thou then shalt thou offer bulocks, that's verse 19, uh bulocks on the altar. and and you know he he he understood that it was sacrifice but also look at verse 13. Then will I teach transgressions thy ways and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

He realized now that I've gotten right with God. I've gone through this terrible thing. But there's one good thing that can come out of this. I can teach others. Don't do what I did. Learn from my mistakes. Don't follow the same path. And I I want to challenge you by the way when you if you deal with sin in your life, that is an opportunity in the future, not immediately, but in the future to help others to avoid that. Uh we had a a godly man in the church had been divorced and remarried. Um his wife committed adultery while serving Vietnam a couple times. He tried to reconcile and she did not want to reconcile and end divorced and he got remarried.

had a great family. And he came to me, he said, "Pastor, I'm really concerned that the young people will look at my life and say, "Look at he's divorced and remarried, so there's nothing no big deal about that cuz he's got a great family." He said, "I want to talk to them." And he came and sat down with those young people said, "Listen, understand that that yeah, God has blessed me, but there is a lot of price to pay. You don't see in all that I went through and even today, there's still a price to pay." And he warned them, "Don't make the mistakes that I made." Because even though his wife that committed adultery, he understood that there was things that he should have done differently and

things that he could have done and and making the right choices married in the first place and then later on and being married and doing the right things and and and we need some adults that would be willing to acknowledge and admit their sin because that's one of the hardest things when you've gone through something. you know, if you if say you had a baby out of wedlock or you struggled with pornography or some other thing, we we don't like to admit that to people. We we don't like to say that, you know, we don't want to stand up and say, "Well, I was into drugs or I was into pornography." And and and and I'm not saying you have to get up and do all that.

But you're God bringing you out of that can be used by him and teaching others also. don't do what I did and and realize that and and that's the one good thing that come out can come out of sin when you repent. All right. And then um 1st Samuel 15 and verse 22. 1st Samuel chapter 15 and verse number 22 again. And Samuel said hath the Lord's great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices and obeying the voice of the Lord. Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken the fat of ram. I I believe if Sam Saul had just repented and said, "I was wrong and then did what was right, God would have forgiven him."

All right. And then go to number C there. Then shows that time and results are necessary before we are ready to serve God again. Back in Psalm Psalms 51:19, then shalt thou be be pleased. It doesn't happen right away. You've got to have time to recover and to restore and you got to have time to prove yourself before you can start telling others and trying to teach them. It doesn't happen immediately, but it's something that can happen down the road where God can use that in your life. Okay? So, he was used by God in Matthew 1:6. He was the great great great grandmother grandfather of Jesus Christ.

He was used by God in mighty ways but with limitations. He He again, let me let me say this again. When you sin and you repent and get right with God, you can still serve the Lord. You're not eliminated from serving the Lord, but you are limited. You know, as a pastor, if I got a divorce, I don't believe I could be a pastor because one of my main jobs as a pastor is to preach on marriage and uh and to teach on that and counsel. And how can I do that when I've gone through that? It it provides a handle for people say, "Well, I don't need to listen to this. I don't I don't need to because look at him."

You know, we we've had couples in the church that have gone up to Tripler for counseling. One couple came back to me. He says, "Uh, our counselor, uh, for marriage counseling has been divorced three times. No wonder he's an expert. Uh, uh, you know, but as a pastor, there's certain things that eliminate me from being a pastor. There are things going to eliminate you maybe from being a deacon or being a Sunday school teacher. It doesn't eliminate. It limits you. It doesn't eliminate you. I can still serve God, but there are limits of what I can do when I have been through sin in my life. And we need to understand that.

All right. And then um he had a temporary barrier with the pastor in 2 Samuel 12. 2 Samuel 12 and verse number 15. 2 Samuel 12:15. And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bear unto David and was very sick. So when Nathan confronted him and then he was not, you know, there was there was a barrier between them temporarily, but later on Nathan came back and and um and and helped Sam David through his process. Now notice in 2 Samuel 12:20, then David arose the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his apparel and came into the house of the Lord and worshiped.

Then he came to his own house and when he required, they set bread before him and did eat. One of the best things you can do after sin is get back in church as soon as possible. That's the worst thing you can do is stay away from church. And yet I see so many people do that. When you mess up, you need church. And then uh he sought godly counsel. One of the first things he did is he in verse 25, it says, "He sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet and called his name Jediah because of the Lord." You know, he he he said, "I need this prophet. I I need to know what God wants me to. I need to listen to godly counsel.

And even though it was a temporary barrier, David said, "No, I I need my spiritual leaders." And again, when you have sin in your life, you need your spiritual leaders. You need that accountability. You need that counsel. You need that guidance. And they're one of the first people you should be calling up. Uh I know it's hard. It's hard to come in and say to your pastor, "I messed up." It's hard to tell them you did something wrong. But your pastor loves you. Just like Sam Samuel loved Saul and he was heartbroken over what happened. And Nathan loved David and and you need that in your life. And then um he got busy.

2 Samuel 12:20 it tells us that David arose in the earth, washed, anointed himself, changed his apparel, came to house of the Lord. He he got busy. He didn't just sit around and mope. You know, a lot of times we make our sins worse because we sit around and mope. I did this terrible thing and I feel so bad and I'm not going to do anything else. I'm just going to sit around and eat a lot of ice cream. Um, and we mope over it instead of just getting up and say, you know what, I need to get up. Now, David took a while and he he was in in praying for the baby to be healed because he knew it was his fault that baby was dying and he prayed for that baby.

But once the baby had died and he's in heaven, I can't do anything about that. And he got up and said, "You know what? I just need to get up and start doing what's right and get busy." What David got David in trouble what at the time that kings went into battle he stayed home and what what usually after sin that's the same thing gets in trouble we don't get up and get busy for the Lord get busy doing what we should be doing and you need to do that so establish your normal routines as soon as possible you know don't stay up late at night don't don't go without eating get your exercise get back into normal life as soon as possible and then fulfilling responsibility in 2 Samuel 12:29.

And David gathered all the people and went into Rabba uh and and fought against it and took it. He he said, "You know what got me trouble is not doing what I I'm the king. I supposed to be fighting these battles. I'm going to get back doing what I'm supposed to be doing and uh fulfilling my responsibility." Chapter 11 and verse one is where he was not where he should have been. Uh look at Romans chapter 2 and verse number four. Romans 2:4, "Or despise thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadth thee to repentance." You know, God says, "Listen, you need to get right.

This is your opportunity to get right." And in 2 Samuel 12 and verse number 24, should have held my finger at air, but 2 Samuel 12 and verse 24. And David comforted Basheba, his wife, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bare him a son. He called his name Solomon. The Lord loved him. He He got back into his life. Now, it was a sin with Basheba that was he was repenting of, but now that it's over, hey, I need to do the right thing. And he got back into right relationship with his wife and and uh and doing that as well. Look at 1st Samuel 15:35. And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death.

Nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul and the Lord repent that he made king Saul king over Israel. It's just a a contrast of the two is so clear. And then go to Psalms chapter 32. Psalms chapter 32 and verses 1 and two. Psalms 32 and verses 1 and two. This is another passage where David is also talking about confession and forgiveness. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity and whose spirit there is no guile. And verse five, I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord, and thou forgive his iniquity my sin.

Cila, now I want to be clear. David paid a price for his sin. God forgives, but that doesn't mean he always takes away the consequences. And when you read about David's consequences, they were pretty hard. They were pretty harsh. And not just with this sin with Bashibba, but later on when he counted the nation, which he wasn't supposed to do. Uh he suffered and the whole nation suffered. But David repented. Now, what I really appreciate about David is after his sin, he never called himself a man of integrity anymore. David pointed out his own integrity in Psalms early on, but after his sin, it was God that called a man integrity, but he never called himself that.

He understood I messed up and I had to pay the price for that. And that's why he wrote a lot of the Psalms said, "Listen, don't don't do what I did. Don't be stupid, but if you do, confess it because blessed is the man whose sins are forgiven." And that's why he wrote Psalms chapter 51. And so again, I challenge you just use Psalm 51 as your own prayer. Don't don't just pray the prayer exactly, but take it and make it your own following the pattern that he did. You know, back in Psalm 51, it says uh you know, he says, "Have mercy upon me, oh God, according to loving kindness, according to the multi-tender mercies.

Blot out my transgressions. Lord, please forgive me. Blot this transgression out. get, you know, and and and you know, a blot is always going to be there. It's not, you know, it's it's it's blotted out, but that that's always messing up. There's always going to be that blot, and that's what we have to deal with. But then he goes on to say, "Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me my sin." Make it personal. Make it yours. I really challenge you to do that. All right. We're going to switch over a little bit and just kind of introduce Psalms 100. I'm jumping across past a couple of books, quite a few books here.

Um, and uh, if there's some chapters that you would like to have us cover, uh, we're getting more towards the end. I've got a few more yet. Uh, but if there's a chapter you'd like to have us cover, please let me know that and we'll go back and look at that in the Psalms. We're not going to do all of them, but I love Psalms 100. If you want to turn over there, Psalms chapter 100, and it says, "Make a joyful noise in the Lord, all you lands. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. Know ye not that the Lord, he is God. It is he that have made us, not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pastures.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and to his courts with praise. Be thankful unto him and bless his name. For God is good, his mercy is everlasting, his truth endureth to all generations." It's just a a psalm of rejoicing. I kind of in my mind picture David writing Psalm 51 and then sometime shortly after that as he's getting right with God, write Psalms chapter 100 because he's just rejoicing in the Lord and and and have that joy of the Lord. I I wish a lot of Christians would get this attitude to have a joy. A lot of Christians just like they just haven't told their face that they're happy.

They haven't told their faith that they're saved and going to heaven, you know, and and we need to have that joy. I I sit up here over here on on Sunday mornings and look out at the congregation singing and some of you look like you're singing your your funeral song, you know. We have the joy of the Lord. And that's what he's talking about here. So, as you look at verses one and two, it says, "Make a joyful noise in the Lord, all you lands. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before his presence with singing." So he is Lord. And and and as you should know by now, when you see the word Lord in all caps, what does that mean?

What is that word? Anybody know? Yahweh or Jehovah, whichever way you want to say it. It's talking about he is the great I am, the self-existent one. He does not need anything including your praises. He doesn't need your praises. You know, God wants us to give glory to him and God wants us to praise him, but it's not because he's self-centered and wants to hear it all the time, but he knows how important that is for us. When you're praising God, it changes you. It changes you. And and and that's what we need to understand to see him truly as who he is. The Jehovah, the God of God. Um look at Genesis chapter 2 and verse number four.

Genesis chapter 2 and verse number four. Okay. Genesis 2:4. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day that the Lord Jehovah God made the earth and the heavens. We talked about this in one of the other um studies in Psalms and I've talked about in doctrine too. There's many different names for God in the Bible. And one of the things that we as modern day Christians is we have a very limited Bible vocabulary. And that includes talking about God. We have about three or four words we use. Call them Lord, God, Father. And after that was like we run out of words when there are literally dozens and dozens of words that that talk about who God is.

He is almighty. He is El Shadai. There's so many terms there that are so important. But the most important one is the term Jehovah, Lord God. Look at Exodus chapter 3 and verse number 14. Exodus chapter 3. And verse number 14, and God said unto Moses, I am that I am. And he said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I am has sent me unto you. So when you see that word Lord Jehovah Yahweh, he is the I am. And basically what this means is I am the self-existent one. I have not I'm not created. I've I've always existed uh from eternity to eternity. But he's also saying, I don't need anything or anybody else.

I am. And he's self-existent. And and so that's how he starts out this psalm is saying, listen, um he says, the Lord Jehovah, you know, give praise unto him. And and that's where he's coming from with that as well. So, make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, the God of gods, the I am, the self-existent one. And and so, I'm sure most of you heard sometime or another that the word uh joyful noise is is the idea of glad shouts. Uh it's it's noise is is is not just music. Uh music is very important in worship. Music very important in praise. Uh but he's not just talking about having a a musical voice or ability to sing.

He just says make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Glad shouts. And so what are some glad shouts that we can make? Look at Psalms chapter 95 and look at verse number one. Psalms 95 verse number one. Oh come, let us sing unto the Lord. Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. And then go to Psalms chapter 98 and verse number four. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth. Make a loud noise and rejoice and sing praises. I I am not ashamed of being an independent Baptist and all the rest that's involved with that. But you know what? Sometimes I'm so frustrated because we as independent Baptists, we're so afraid to make it look like we're happy.

We're so afraid to make it look like we're joing the Lord. We're so afraid to make a little bit of noise. And and I I know there are churches where you go in and it's chaos. Everybody's shouting and and and he talks about that in Corinthians. He says, "Listen, this is not the way it should be. It should be things should be done decently in order." But at the same time, he's clear. Make some noise. Get happy. Rejoice. So it is nothing wrong with raising your hands. There's nothing long wrong with shouting out. There's nothing wrong with with uh getting a little bit excited about things. You know, again, sometimes it can it can be distracting.

You got to be careful of that. We don't want to distract and and all, but you know, and I you know, I've been in some churches where they amen everything, including announcements and and it's just like it's just distracting. And I've been in churches where people are running around and jumping up and down and all kinds of thing. That could be distracting. But yet, David danced before the Lord. He didn't go to a nightclub and dance. He was marching and shouting and jumping all over. He was so excited about what God had done. And and don't be afraid of that. So, what are some shouts that the Bible says?

What are some things that that God says you should shout this out? Anybody know? What's some words that God says don't be afraid to shout this out? Frank. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Okay, that's one of That that is number three. Allelujah. Uh look at Revelation chapter 19. Um Revelation 19 and verse number one. Revelation 19:1. And after these things, I heard a great voice of much people in heaven saying, "Allelujah, salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord our God." And then go to verse number three. And again, again said, Al, they said, "Allelujah." and her smoke rose up forever and ever.

Verse number four, it says the end of the verse that they they're saying, "Amen. Allelujah." Verse number six, again at the end of the verse is saying, "Allelujah for the Lord God in him that reignth." Hallelujah is not a bad word. Nothing wrong with saying that. And and and it's something that God says, "Make a joyful noise. Shout it out." There's nothing wrong with saying that. All right. What's a what's another one? Amen. Amen. All right. I figured that one was going to come up since they just talked about it. Look at 1 Corinthians chapter 14 and verse number 16. 1 Corinthians 14 and verse number 16.

Now, what does amen mean? My we had one daughter that she thought it meant uh somehow it was okay to eat. Um we what we do is when they were little we would put their food on their plate, set it down a table in front of them and then we would pray and and then we when we first put it down said this is hot. Then we would pray and say amen. Then they could eat. And so one day we um we had prayed for the food and she took a bite of it and it was hot and she said we got to pray for this food again. Her idea was that when you say amen, it means okay. It's okay to eat the food cuz it's no longer hot.

And uh a lot of people think amen means the end. You know, like in that cartoon, you know, the the end where the guy the cartoon character comes on. Uh it's not. What does amen mean? Anybody know? Yes, sir. Louder. Means believe. Say it one more time. Believe. Believe. All right. It it literally means the idea of so be it. is when you're saying amen, you're agreeing with what has been said. You're saying this is true. I believe this to be true. I believe this is right. And so when we get to an end of prayer and we say amen, what we're saying is this is true. This is what I believe. This is this is what's right.

When you're in church and and a pastor says something, you say, "Amen." You're saying, "Yeah, that that's right." And you're agreeing with that. It's like you're agreeing with it. Look at 1 Corinthians chapter 6 uh chapter uh 14:e 16 it says else when thou shalt bless with the spirit how shall he the uh occupy the room of the unlearned say amen at the giving of thanks seen understand not what thou sayest so what he's saying is when when that person says something if you understand it you can say amen because you agree with it and so it's it's so be I agree with that um look at 1 Chronicles chapter 16 and verse number 36, 1st Chronicles 16 and verse number 36.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel forever and ever. All the people said, "Amen and praise the Lord." Okay, I I'll tell you what, as a pastor, I would appreciate hearing more amens in church. It it it it encourages me that, hey, you're with me. you're listening and you're agreeing with it and and it just, you know, again, I don't want it to get out of hand where it's just distracting, but there's nothing wrong with saying a good amen. There's nothing wrong with agreeing what was said and and doing that and and shout that out. Let it be is the idea of amen. Okay. What's another one? Yes, sir. Singing louder.

Singing. Singing and playing instruments. Singing and playing instruments. Yeah. Uh, and that kind of comes in a little bit later as well. Uh, singing and playing instrument. What's another word that we can shout out? Rejoice. Rejoice. All right. Uh, is a is a good word. I don't have that in my list here, but let's go to Philippians 4:4. Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say rejoice. All right. What's another word? Marinatha. Marinatha. Okay. That's number one there. Marinatha. And Marinatha means what? Even so, come. Lord Jesus, come. It's it's the idea of that. Look at 1 Corinthians chapter 16 and verse number 22.

1 Corinthians 16:22. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema Marinatha. And then go to Revelation chap 22. Revelation chap 22 and verse number 20. Revelation 22 and verse number 20. He which testifith these things say, "Surely I come quickly, even so come, Lord Jesus." Even so, Marinatha, come Lord Jesus. When you say Marinatha, what you're doing is you're saying, "Yes, I want the Lord to come." And and that's something again for a lot of Christians we really don't want. One, because of sin in our lives. Nobody wants the Lord to come when you're doing wrong. And a lot of us, there's times in our lives we couldn't say marinatha because of what we're doing and how we're living.

But sometimes it's just because we're living in this world. I'm so hung up on work and all the things of life. And and some of them are not necessarily bad. I remember when I was in Bible college, I you know, I think sometimes I want the Lord to come, but I I want to go out and serve him. I want to be a pastor. That's what I'm studying for. I I kind you know I didn't really say it out loud but I was thinking Lord wait until I get in the pastor and then you can come or another time I was thinking Lord can I get married before you come and have a family you know those are not bad things except what's even better is the Lord coming again and we ought to get excited about that one of the things I loved about Pastor Anger who I served under here in Hawaii for five years is he would on Sunday nights a lot of times he say, you know, tonight we are having the last church service in the world because the dine's after us and so we're the very last church service.

He says, "What if somebody gets saved tonight at Coau Baptist Church that is the last person to get saved and finish the bride of Christ and the Lord says, "Go get your bride and the rapture happens tonight." Wouldn't that be great? You know, and and I just remember sitting there, yeah, that'd be exciting. Wouldn't it be exciting if you were in the church service when the last person got saved? And and and just Marinatha, Lord, come. And and and a lot of times we're we're saying Marinatha when things are going bad. Lord, it' be good time to come before this test tomorrow. Uh Lord, it' be a good time to come before I get in trouble work tomorrow.

You know, Marinatha, even so come, Lord Jesus. Okay. And I've got one other word or actually phrase that you can shout out. What's that? Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Number four there. Praise the Lord. Uh Psalms 111 and verse number one. Psalms 111. Verse one. Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. Psalms 112 verse1. Praise ye the Lord. Blessed man that fearth the Lord that delightth greatly in his commandments. Psalms 113 verse1. Praise ye the Lord. Praise oh you servants the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord.

There very cursory reading of Psalms is talking about praising God. And again, we don't do that enough. Praise God. It's more like it's a curse word than it is a really uh really heartfelt saying and to praise the Lord. And let's look at before we finish up for tonight, look at 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 and verse number 16. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. And verse number 16, for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the arch angel, with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. I mean, that's going to be the greatest shout ever. Come up hither. And the that that final call to all you and I.

And so, you know, Psalms here says, listen, you're talking about Jehovah. You are a child of the king. You are God's own people and if anybody ought to get excited about that, it ought to be you. And just be willing to use that. So don't be afraid of uh of shouting. Don't be afraid of of uh you know even raising your hands or whatever else it might be. Don't be afraid of these things. Again, you read 1 Corinthians 13 12:13 and 14. He says clearly in there, don't get out of control because you don't want your emotions taking priority over God. And a lot of churches, it's not about praising God. It's about getting emotional.

You can get emotional at a football game. You can get emotional at a rock concert, and it's not the same thing. And you got to be careful to separate. Now, you can't separate your emotions from praising God. But don't let it be motionbased. Let it be primarily based upon reality. This is who I'm worshiping. And then let that affect your emotions and get you excited to praise the Lord.